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The Pictures Generation

The Pictures Generation

In 1977, curator and critic Douglas Crimp organized a groundbreaking exhibition of rising American artists whose work in photography, film, video and performance cracked wise and appropriated from existing media imagery. The show, mounted at the influential downtown alternative gallery, Artist’s Space, featured Robert Longo, Jack Goldstein, Sherrie Levine, Troy Brauntuch and Philip Smith. It was called, simply, Pictures. Subsequently, many of the most important and challenging artists of the era—including John Baldessari, Dara Birnbaum, Barbara Kruger, Louise Lawler, Thomas Lawson, Matt Mullican, Richard Prince, David Salle, Laurie Simmons, Cindy Sherman, Michael Smith and James Welling—were added to the loose-knit group now known as the "Pictures Generation."

TITLE ALPHABETICAL INDEX

ALLAN MCCOLLUM

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783037641934
USD $80.00
| CAD $107.5 UK £ 40

Pub Date: 4/30/2012
Active | In stock


BARBARA KRUGER: BELIEVE & DOUBT

Kunsthaus Bregenz

ISBN: 9783863355333
USD $55.00
| CAD $65

Pub Date: 8/31/2014
Out of print | Not available


CINDY SHERMAN

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9780870708121
USD $49.95
| CAD $67.5

Pub Date: 2/29/2012
Active | In stock


CINDY SHERMAN: THE COMPLETE UNTITLED FILM STILLS

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9780870705076
USD $50.00
| CAD $67.5

Pub Date: 10/2/2003
Active | Out of stock


CINDY SHERMAN: UNTITLED HORRORS

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775734875
USD $60.00
| CAD $79

Pub Date: 9/30/2013
Active | In stock


DANCE DANCE FILM ESSAYS

Dancing Foxes Press/Galerie Buchholz

ISBN: 9781733688949
USD $34.95
| CAD $48.95 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 4/8/2025
Forthcoming


DAVID SALLE: GHOST PAINTINGS

The Arts Club of Chicago

ISBN: 9781891925382
USD $25.00
| CAD $34.5 UK £ 22

Pub Date: 9/30/2013
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available


DOUGLAS BLAU

Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania

ISBN: 9780884541158
USD $30.00
| CAD $40 UK £ 27

Pub Date: 2/1/2009
Active | In stock


ERICKA BECKMAN

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783037644218
USD $80.00
| CAD $107.5 UK £ 48

Pub Date: 9/27/2016
Active | In stock


ERICKA BECKMAN

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783037642597
USD $49.95
| CAD $67.5 UK £ 25

Pub Date: 8/31/2013
Active | In stock


JACK GOLDSTEIN

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783865606969
USD $64.00
| CAD $75

Pub Date: 3/31/2010
Out of print | Not available


JAMES CASEBERE

Charta

ISBN: 9788881583157
USD $49.95
| CAD $60

Pub Date: 8/2/2001
No longer our product | Not available


JAMES CASEBERE

Charta

ISBN: 9788881583157
USD $49.95
| CAD $60

Pub Date: 8/2/2001
No longer our product | Not available


JAMES CASEBERE: WORKS 1975-2010

Damiani

ISBN: 9788862081863
USD $80.00
| CAD $107.5

Pub Date: 10/31/2011
Active | Out of stock


JAMES WELLING: FLOWERS

David Zwirner Books

ISBN: 9780976913689
USD $50.00
| CAD $67.5

Pub Date: 6/1/2007
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available


JAMES WELLING: GLASS HOUSE

Damiani

ISBN: 9788862081610
USD $50.00
| CAD $67.5

Pub Date: 4/30/2011
Out of print | Not available


JOHN BALDESSARI: MUSIC

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783865602480
USD $48.00
| CAD $60

Pub Date: 1/15/2008
Out of print | Not available


JOHN BALDESSARI: PRIMA FACIE

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783865600882
USD $35.00
| CAD $47.5

Pub Date: 2/1/2007
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available


JUST ANOTHER ASSHOLE NO. 6

Primary Information

ISBN: 9781732098619
USD $14.95
| CAD $19.95

Pub Date: 1/22/2019
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available


LAURIE SIMMONS: COLOR COORDINATED INTERIORS 1983

Skarstedt Fine Art

ISBN: 9780970909060
USD $30.00
| CAD $35

Pub Date: 6/1/2007
Out of print | Not available


LAURIE SIMMONS: IN AND AROUND THE HOUSE

Carolina Nitsch Editions

ISBN: 9780974066608
USD $39.95
| CAD $50

Pub Date: 8/2/2003
Out of print | Not available


LAURIE SIMMONS: PHOTOGRAPHS 1978/79

Skarstedt Fine Art

ISBN: 9780970909039
USD $30.00
| CAD $35

Pub Date: 3/2/2003
Out of print | Not available


LAURIE SIMMONS: THE LOVE DOLL

Baldwin Gallery/Salon 94 Gallery/Tomio Koyama Gallery/Wilkinson Gallery

ISBN: 9780615596891
USD $50.00
| CAD $67.5 UK £ 45

Pub Date: 11/30/2012
Active | In stock


LOUISE LAWLER: THE TREMAINE PICTURES 1984-2007

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783905829037
USD $25.00
| CAD $34.5 UK £ 14

Pub Date: 3/1/2008
Active | Out of stock


MATT MULLICAN: CONVERSATIONS

DuMont

ISBN: 9783832194161
USD $35.00
| CAD $47.5

Pub Date: 4/30/2012
Active | In stock


REAL LIFE MAGAZINE: SELECTED WRITING AND PROJECTS 1979-1994

Primary Information

ISBN: 9780978869700
USD $30.00
| CAD $40

Pub Date: 6/1/2007
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available


RICHARD PRINCE

Guggenheim Museum Publications

ISBN: 9780892073634
USD $60.00
| CAD $70

Pub Date: 10/1/2007
Out of print | Not available


RICHARD PRINCE: JOKES AND CARTOONS

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783905701838
USD $35.00
| CAD $47.5 UK £ 21

Pub Date: 8/15/2006
Active | In stock


ROBERT LONGO: STAND

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775738149
USD $55.00
| CAD $72.5

Pub Date: 9/30/2014
Active | Out of stock


SHERRIE LEVINE: PAIRS AND POSSES

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775727754
USD $45.00
| CAD $55

Pub Date: 2/28/2011
Out of print | Not available


THE LAST PICTURE SHOW

Walker Art Center

ISBN: 9780935640762
USD $44.95
| CAD $60 UK £ 39.99

Pub Date: 11/2/2003
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available


TROY BRAUNTUCH

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783905770810
USD $80.00
| CAD $107.5 UK £ 40

Pub Date: 7/31/2010
Active | In stock


TRUE STORIES: A SHOW RELATED TO AN ERA – THE EIGHTIES

Holzwarth Publications

ISBN: 9783947127115
USD $70.00
| CAD $100

Pub Date: 10/22/2019
Active | In stock


The Pictures Generation: Key Exhibition Catalogs & Books

FORTHCOMING

Dance Dance Film Essays

By Douglas Crimp. Edited by Karen Kelly, Barbara Schroeder. Introduction by Lynne Cooke.

Pioneering AIDS activist, art critic, educator and curator Douglas Crimp is known for the fluidity and acuity of his writing on an array of passions. His book AIDS: Cultural Analysis/Cultural Activism (1987) deconstructed the art world’s complicated and mostly disheartening responses to the AIDS crisis; On the Museum’s Ruins (1993) explored postmodernist art practices in relation to the politics of institutions; and Before Pictures (2016), a brilliant combination of memoir and criticism, chronicled Crimp’s first decade in 1970s New York.

This new book collects the critic’s incisive pieces on dance (a lifelong interest) and dance on film, which, according to Artforum, . . . .go to book page >>

Dance Dance Film Essays

STATUS: Forthcoming | 4/8/2025

This title is not yet published in the U.S. To pre-order or receive notice when the book is available, please email orders @ artbook.com

Dance Dance Film Essays
DANCING FOXES PRESS/GALERIE BUCHHOLZ

Clth, 7.25 x 8.5 in. / 224 pgs / 95 color. | 4/8/2025 | Awaiting stock  |   US $34.95


The Pictures Generation Active Backlist Titles

Allan McCollum
Allan McCollum
JRP|RINGIER

Hbk, 11 x 10.75 in. / 144 pgs / 100 color / 30 bw. | 4/30/2012 | In stock  |   US $80.00


Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK

Clth, 9.5 x 12 in. / 264 pgs / 153 color / 102 bw. | 2/29/2012 | In stock  |   US $49.95


Cindy Sherman: Untitled Horrors
Cindy Sherman: Untitled Horrors
HATJE CANTZ

Pbk, 8.5 x 11 in. / 220 pgs / 150 color. | 9/30/2013 | In stock  |   US $60.00


Douglas Blau
Douglas Blau
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Pbk, 10 x 8.5 in. / 88 pgs / 50 color. | 2/1/2009 | In stock  |   US $30.00


Ericka Beckman
Ericka Beckman
JRP|RINGIER

Hbk, 11 x 10.75 in. / 144 pgs / 120 color. | 9/27/2016 | In stock  |   US $80.00


Ericka Beckman
Ericka Beckman
JRP|RINGIER

DVD (PAL), 5.25 x 7.5 in. | 8/31/2013 | In stock  |   US $49.95


Laurie Simmons: The Love Doll
Laurie Simmons: The Love Doll
BALDWIN GALLERY/SALON 94 GALLERY/TOMIO KOYAMA GALLERY/WILKINSON GALLERY

Hbk, 9.25 x 12 in. / 120 pgs / 43 color / 1 bw. | 11/30/2012 | In stock  |   US $50.00


Matt Mullican: Conversations
Matt Mullican: Conversations
DUMONT

Pbk, 6 x 8 in. / 224 pgs / 19 color / 19 bw. | 4/30/2012 | In stock  |   US $35.00


Richard Prince: Jokes and Cartoons
Richard Prince: Jokes and Cartoons
JRP|RINGIER

Paperback, 8.5 x 11 in. / 216 pgs / 107 color. | 8/15/2006 | In stock  |   US $35.00


Troy Brauntuch
Troy Brauntuch
JRP|RINGIER

Clth, 11 x 11 in. / 144 pgs / 100 color. | 7/31/2010 | In stock  |   US $80.00


True Stories: A Show Related to an Era – The Eighties
True Stories: A Show Related to an Era – The Eighties
HOLZWARTH PUBLICATIONS

Hbk, 9.5 x 11.75 in. / 240 pgs / 120 color / 60 bw. | 10/22/2019 | In stock  |   US $70.00


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